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I had time only to skim the video, but isn't it a responsibility of companies to hire people to learn and work on low level stuff?

If they pay those people and pay them well then there will be people working on those areas. If they only pay for software plumbers then obviously they will get more plumbers.

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> If they only pay for software plumbers then obviously they will get more plumbers.

They pay for plumbers(+). Seriously. Even intensely creative and curious folks must pretend to be plumbers in their workplaces to appease project management derps. The stuff that makes one have job satisfaction often gets done without asking for permission and without allocated time/staff/budget.

(+) Nothing against plumbers. Many have more lucrative and intellectually stimulating jobs than software engineers.

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